Always interesting character study based on the real 'White Rose'; anti-Nazi students who bravely faced to execution instead of re-canting, or turning on their comrades. The film is very play-like, focusing on the five days between Sophie's arrest and execution, and the complex relationships she develops in those few days waiting in her prison (a converted mansion), especially with a fellow woman prisoner who comes to care for her.
I quite liked the film, but with reservations. Somehow I wasn't moved as deeply as I felt I should be, and I never felt I really got inside Sophie's head. Some of her dialogue felt more like polemic speeches from a writer than the words of a very young woman facing death for her beliefs. The acting is generally excellent, but Lena Stolze, in the lead, was a bit in and out for me. Still, a good enough film about a fascinating subject that I'd recommend one seeing for oneself, and coming to your own conclusions.
I quite liked the film, but with reservations. Somehow I wasn't moved as deeply as I felt I should be, and I never felt I really got inside Sophie's head. Some of her dialogue felt more like polemic speeches from a writer than the words of a very young woman facing death for her beliefs. The acting is generally excellent, but Lena Stolze, in the lead, was a bit in and out for me. Still, a good enough film about a fascinating subject that I'd recommend one seeing for oneself, and coming to your own conclusions.